Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Cousin‟s Wife. Moses must have forgotten to write that one down

Raw toast," Lucas said grimly, shaking his head. "It goes against the very nature of man.

If he was planning to attack and ravish, he gave no indication of being in a hurry to do so.

There were a lot of things in life to be afraid of, but strangeness ought not be among them.

Society is capricious and rewards the bad as often as the good. But it never rewards the quiet.

Don’t tell me your name. It’s likely to awaken my conscience, and that’s the last thing we want.

People will think you're courting me.' 'Nonsense, everyone knows I don't court respectable women.

When a man writes a romance, the woman dies. When a woman writes one, it ends all tidy and sweet.

Reformed rakes make the best husbands,"Violet said. "Rubbish and you know it." -Anthony to Violet

I knew nothing but love and devotion when I was growing up. Trust me, it makes everything easier.

Anthony looked down at his evil clutches -- hands, he reminded himself, hands -- and grinned anew.

She hated that she was still so desperate for a glimpse of him, but it had been this way for years.

A duel, a duel, a duel. Is there anything more exciting, more romantic ... or more utterly moronic?

I had to do something," she said. "I couldn't just sit and wait for life to happen to me any longer.

Tonight," he whispered, his voice hoarse and hot in her ear, "I will make you mine." -Simon to Daphne

You don't always have to kiss a lot of frogs to recognize a prince when you find one -Henrietta Barett

You have to live each hour as if it's your last and each day as if you were immortal. - Kate Sheffield

This has to be the most self-centered thing I've ever said, but no, I think you just wanted to vex me.

I don't like your tone," was Violet's standard answer when one of her children was winning an argument.

Suddenly it was too hard to be in his presence, too painful to know that he would belong to someone else.

A man’s got to keep up appearances. I’ll be universally detested if everyone realizes how perfect you are.

Any man, you'll soon learn, has an insurmountable need to blame someone else when he is made to look a fool.

She glared at him. "I'm not asking you to apologize." "Well, that's a relief.I doubt I could find the words.

I can't imagine a romance novel published today where the hero rapes the heroine and she falls in love with him.

This thing between them, this bond—it wasn’t just passion, and it wasn’t wicked. It was love, and it was divine.

There were only so many ways a man‟s heart could break, and he had a feeling his couldn‟t survive another puncture.

Children,” Lady Bridgerton said with a sigh as she retook her seat. “I am never quite certain if I’m glad I had them.

She'd met Colin on a Monday. She'd kissed him on a Friday. Twelve years later. She sighed. It seemed fairly pathetic.

Did you know I have always suspected that men were idiots," Daphne ground out, "but I was never positive until today.

I thought you wanted food," she gasped. "I do," he murmured, tugging on the bodice of her dress. "But I want you more.

My mother is convinced that yellow is a happy color and that a happy girl would get a husband. -Penelope Featherington

When the dead body said, "Good evening," Annabel had to face the grim conclusion that it wasn't as dead as she'd hoped.

It's just that I don't think friends tie friends to the bedpost." James choked on his tea. "Caroline, you have no idea.

I don't know whether to toss you through that window or shake your hand and say 'Well done'" Henry said in a tired voice.

The girl doesn’t need a violin,” he added. “She needs to have her hands bound so she can never touch an instrument again.

He was a puzzle. And Hyacinth hated puzzles. Well, no, in truth she loved them. Provided, of course, that she solved them.

Caroline, do you value your neck?" "Yes, I'm rather fond of it. Why?" "Because if you don't shut up, I'm going to wring it.

Caroline Trent hadn't meant to shoot Percival Prewitt, but she had, and now he was dead. Or at least she thought he was dead.

It was heaven. Forget angels, forget St. Peter and glittering harpsichords. Heaven was a dance in the arms of one's true love.

He looks like a man.' 'How descriptive,' Susan said in a droll tone. 'Remind me never to advise you to seek work as a novelist.

Daphne felt something wild and wicked take hold. “Let’s walk in the garden,” she said softly. “We can’t.” “We must.” “We can’t.

She had been born for this man, and she had spent so many years trying to accept the fact that he had been born for someone else.

I was told once that the most important part of a fight is making sure your opponent looks worse than you do when you’re through.

You are not going to waltz in here and distract me with a clever phrase and a beguiling smile." "You think my smile is beguiling?

It was juvenile, he knew, this need to assign blame, but everyone had a right to childish emotions from time to time, didn't they?

There were rules among friends, commandments, really, and the most important one was Thou Shalt Not Lust After Thy Friend's Sister.

And if you say that's because you lot barged into her home like a herd of mentally deficient sheep, I'm disowning all three of you.

He would not give her up,he could not.For the first time in his life he'd found someone who filled all the empty spaces in his heart

Certainly not every reader has liked every one of my books, but I think that's a good thing because it means I'm not repeating myself.

In his heart, she’d been smiling for him. But now she was smiling at Colin Bridgerton, he of the famous charm and sparkling green eyes.

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